Eddy Hau
Eduard "Eddy" Hau (born March 19, 1952 in Niederwerrn ) is a former German enduro and motocross racing driver.
Career
Hau began his career in 1969 in Schweinfurt as a private driver with a 50 cm³ Hercules - Sachs . In 1975 he switched to Zündapp as a works driver , where he immediately won the International Six-Day Race on the Isle of Man in 1975 with the team from the Federal Republic of Germany led by Josef Wolfgruber , Peter Neumann , Eberhard Weber , Jürgen Grisse and Rolf Witthöft . In the course of a photo shoot this year it was included as a poster in an issue of the youth magazine BRAVO . Also in 1976 he was able to successfully defend the FIM World Trophy with the same German team in Zeltweg .
In 1979 and 1980 Eddy Hau won the Enduro European Championship in the class up to 100 cm³ . In 1982 and 1983 he did the same in the 500 cc four-stroke class. He achieved two titles on a Zündapp and two on a four-stroke Yamaha.
From 1984 Hau drove several rallies for BMW , including the famous Paris-Dakar , where he achieved his best result in 1986 with seventh place.
He was also head of the ADAC enduro and motocross school from 1983 to 1993.
title
Enduro sport
- 1975 - Team world champion Zündapp 125 GS
- 1975 - Isle of Man International Six Day Cruise
- 1976 - Team World Champion Zündapp 125 GS
- 1976 - International six-day race in Zeltweg (Austria)
- 1979 - Enduro European Championship 100 cm³
- 1980 - Enduro European Championship 100 cm³
- 1982 - Enduro European Championship 500 cm³
- 1983 - Enduro European Championship 500 cm³
motocross
- 1976 German Motocross Champion
Awards
- Carrier of the Silver Laurel Leaf of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1977
- ADAC Motorsporter of the Year 1982
literature
- Steffen Ottinger: International six-day race 2012 . The story since 1913. HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 58 ff .
- Steffen Ottinger: Around Zschopau . The story of an off-road motorcycle ride. tape 1 . Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft Marienberg, Marienberg 2004, ISBN 3-931770-49-4 , p. 81 .
Web links
- private homepage
- Eduard Hau in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Individual evidence
- ^ Pavel Husak: ENDURO . Ed .: Motobuch Verlag.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hey, Eddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hau, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorcyclist, former enduro and motocross driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederwerrn |